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He was ] in 1914. In 1916 he was awarded the ]. In 1919 he returned to the Cavendish as Director. Under him, Nobel Prizes were awarded to ] for discovering the neutron (in 1932), ] and ] for an experiment which was to be known as ''splitting the atom'' using a ], and ] for demonstrating the existence of the ]. He was admitted to the ] in 1925 and in 1931 was created '''Baron Rutherford of Nelson''', of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge, a title that became extinct upon his unexpected death in hospital following an operation for an ] (1937). Since he was a peer, British protocol at that time required that he be operated on by a titled doctor, and the delay cost him his life.<ref>{{cite web | author=D.A. Ramsay | title=Book review of Rutherford, Scientist Supreme by J. Campbell | url=http://isi.cbs.nl/sbr/sbrRev2001.htm#4 | work=ISI Short Book Reviews | publisher=International Statistical Institute | date=2001 | accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> He is interred in ], alongside ], and near ]. He was ] in 1914. In 1916 he was awarded the ]. In 1919 he returned to the Cavendish as Director. Under him, Nobel Prizes were awarded to ] for discovering the neutron (in 1932), ] and ] for an experiment which was to be known as ''splitting the atom'' using a ], and ] for demonstrating the existence of the ]. He was admitted to the ] in 1925 and in 1931 was created '''Baron Rutherford of Nelson''', of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge, a title that became extinct upon his unexpected death in hospital following an operation for an ] (1937). Since he was a peer, British protocol at that time required that he be operated on by a titled doctor, and the delay cost him his life.<ref>{{cite web | author=D.A. Ramsay | title=Book review of Rutherford, Scientist Supreme by J. Campbell | url=http://isi.cbs.nl/sbr/sbrRev2001.htm#4 | work=ISI Short Book Reviews | publisher=International Statistical Institute | date=2001 | accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> He is interred in ], alongside ], and near ].


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==Legacy==
], ]]]
] at the original Cavendish site in Cambridge.]]
Rutherford's research, along with that of his protégé ], was instrumental in the convening of the ] to develop the first ]s.

Many items bear Rutherford's name in honour of his life and work:
; Scientific discoveries
* the element ], Rf, Z=104. (1997)<ref>{{cite news | author=Michael Freemantle | title=ACS Article on Rutherfordium | url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/80th/print/rutherfordium.html | work=Chemical & Engineering News | publisher=American Chemical Society | date=2003 | accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref>
; Institutions
* ], a scientific research laboratory near ], ], UK.
* ], a school in ], New Zealand
* ], a college at the ] in ], UK
* the Rutherford Institute for Innovation at the ], UK
* Rutherford Intermediate School, Wanganui, New Zealand
; Buildings
* a building of the modern ] at the ], UK
* The Ernest Rutherford Physics Building at ], ], Canada<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=ErnestRutherford Physics Building | url=http://cac.mcgill.ca/campus/buildings/Rutherford_Physics.html | work=Virtual McGill | publisher=McGill University | date=24 January 2000 | accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref>
* a physics classroom in Portsmouth Grammar School, Hampshire, UK.
* the physics and chemistry building at the ], New Zealand
* The Coupland Building at the ] where Rutherford worked was renamed The Rutherford Building in 2006.
* The Rutherford lecture theatre in the Schuster building at the ]
* The Rutherford Building, Sixth form center and refectory at ], Bedford, UK
; Halls of residence
* Rutherford Residence Hall at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ, USA.
* a student hall at ], Leicestershire, UK.
* ], a boarding house at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
; ]
* at Cashmere High School, ], New Zealand
* at Corran School for Girls, Auckland, New Zealand
* at ], Hong Kong
* at ], ], New Zealand
* at ], ], New Zealand
* at Nelson College, New Zealand, his own high school
* at Rangiora High School, ], New Zealand
* at Rangitoto College, ], New Zealand
* at ], ], New Zealand
* at ], ], New Zealand
* at ], London, England
* at ], ]
* at ], New Zealand
* at Tauranga Girls' College, New Zealand
* at ], Richmond, New Zealand
* at Westburn School in Christchurch
* at ], Upper Hutt, New Zealand
* at ], Wellington, New Zealand<ref></ref>
; Major streets
* ], a residential street in ], ], UK.<!-- Deleted image removed: ] -->
* Lord Rutherford Road in ], New Zealand - his birthplace.
* Rutherford Road in the biotech district of ], USA.
* Rutherford Street in Nelson, New Zealand.
; Other
* The crater ] on the Moon, and the crater ] on Mars
* The Rutherford Award at ] for excellence in ] ], Australia
* Image on New Zealand ].
* Rutherford was the subject of a play by Stuart Hoar.
* On the side of the Mond Laboratory on the site of the original ] in Cambridge, there is an engraving in Rutherford's memory in the form of a crocodile, this being the nickname given to him by its commissioner, his colleague ]. The initials of the engraver, ], are visible within the mouth.
* The Rutherford Foundation, a charitable trust set up by the ] to support research in science and technology.<ref>http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/funding/rutherford/default.aspx</ref>


== Publications == == Publications ==

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Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (1871-1937)
Born(1871-08-30)30 August 1871
Brightwater, New Zealand
Died19 October 1937(1937-10-19) (aged 66)
Cambridge, England
NationalityBritish-New Zealander
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
Cambridge University
Known forFather of nuclear physics
Rutherford model
Rutherford scattering
Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy
Discovery of proton
Rutherford (unit)
Coining the term 'artificial disintegration'
AwardsRumford Medal (1905)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1908)
Matteucci Medal (1913)
Copley Medal (1922)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist-Chemist
InstitutionsMcGill University
University of Manchester
Academic advisorsAlexander Bickerton
J. J. Thomson
Doctoral studentsAlexander MacAulay
Ernest Walton
Robert William Boyle
Cecil Powell
Nazir Ahmed
Other notable studentsMark Oliphant
Patrick Blackett
Hans Geiger
Niels Bohr
Otto Hahn
Teddy Bullard
Pyotr Kapitsa
John Cockcroft
Charles Drummond Ellis
James Chadwick
Ernest Marsden
Edward Andrade
Frederick Soddy
Edward Victor Appleton
Bertram Boltwood
Kazimierz Fajans
Charles Galton Darwin
A. J. B. Robertson
George Laurence
Henry DeWolf Smyth
Harriet Brooks
Douglas Hartree
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Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OM, FRS (30 August 1871–19 October 1937) was a New Zealand chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics. He discovered that atoms have a small charged nucleus, and thereby pioneered the Rutherford model (or planetary model, which later evolved into the Bohr model or orbital model) of the atom, through his discovery of Rutherford scattering with his gold foil experiment. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908. He is widely credited as splitting the atom in 1917 and leading the first experiment to "split the nucleus" in a controlled manner by two students under his direction, John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton in 1932.

Early years

Ernest Rutherford was the son of James Rutherford, a farmer, and his wife Martha Thompson, originally from Hornchurch, Essex, England. James had emigrated from Perth, Scotland, "to raise a little flax and a lot of children". Ernest was born at Spring Grove (now Brightwater), near Nelson, New Zealand. His first name was mistakenly spelled Earnest when his birth was registered.

He studied at Havelock School and then Nelson College and won a scholarship to study at Canterbury College, University of New Zealand where he was president of the debating society, among other things. After gaining his BA, MA and BSc, and doing two years of research at the forefront of electrical technology, in 1895 Rutherford travelled to England for postgraduate study at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge (1895–1898), and he briefly held the world record for the distance over which electromagnetic waves could be detected.

During the investigation of radioactivity he coined the terms alpha and beta in 1899 to describe the two distinct types of radiation emitted by thorium and uranium. These rays were differentiated on the basis of penetrating power.

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Later years

He was knighted in 1914. In 1916 he was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal. In 1919 he returned to the Cavendish as Director. Under him, Nobel Prizes were awarded to Chadwick for discovering the neutron (in 1932), Cockcroft and Walton for an experiment which was to be known as splitting the atom using a particle accelerator, and Appleton for demonstrating the existence of the ionosphere. He was admitted to the Order of Merit in 1925 and in 1931 was created Baron Rutherford of Nelson, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge, a title that became extinct upon his unexpected death in hospital following an operation for an umbilical hernia (1937). Since he was a peer, British protocol at that time required that he be operated on by a titled doctor, and the delay cost him his life. He is interred in Westminster Abbey, alongside J. J. Thomson, and near Sir Isaac Newton.

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Publications

  • Radio-activity (1904), 2nd ed. (1905), ISBN 978-1-60355-058-1
  • Radioactive Transformations (1906), ISBN 978-1-60355-054-3
  • Radiations from Radioactive Substances (1919)
  • The Electrical Structure of Matter (1926)
  • The Artificial Transmutation of the Elements (1933)
  • The Newer Alchemy (1937)

See also

References

  1. "Ernest Rutherford: British physicist". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  2. McLintock, A.H. (18 September 2007). "Rutherford, Sir Ernest (Baron Rutherford of Nelson, O.M., F.R.S.)". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (1966 ed.). Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-478-18451-8. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
  3. Campbell, John (22 June 2007). "Rutherford, Ernest 1871-1937". The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. 3 (1996 ed.). New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage,. ISBN 0-478-18451-4. Retrieved 2008-04-02. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. "Rutherford, Ernest (RTRT895E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. D.A. Ramsay (2001). "Book review of Rutherford, Scientist Supreme by J. Campbell". ISI Short Book Reviews. International Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2008-04-02.

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